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On The Docket: We’re talking Pin (1988): A Plastic Nightmare in all it’s uncomfortable Canadian glory after revisiting it with the Fiend Club earlier this month. Next up, we’re off to the movie theatres to discuss Bong Joon Ho’s newest political satire Mickey 17 and the culty, dance pop laden thriller Opus starring Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich. Lastly, we’ve got our regular post-fest dispatch from SXSW 2025 and a wild recommendation called Venom (1981) for fans of home invasions, heists gone wrong, hostage situations, and….deadly black mama snake attacks!

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There’s just something inherently creepy about dolls, and filmmakers have had a lot of fun over the decades crafting horror stories around that creepiness. Audiences clearly love to see it, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many creepy / killer doll movies out there. So to celebrate this sub-genre, we decided to put together a list of some of the all-time best killer dolls. Not killer doll movies, but specific dolls. Here is our list of the Top 10 Killer Dolls!

Annabelle (The Conjuring Universe)

This is a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” list entry if there ever was one. If we don’t include Annabelle – who scared people so badly in the opening scene of The Conjuring, she got her own spinoff franchise – there will be a lot of fans asking, “How could you leave Annabelle off a top 10 doll list?” If we do include her,...

The tease trailer for the next installment of The Strangers horror movie franchise has been released!

After The Strangers: Chapter 1 was released in theaters earlier this year, Madelaine Petsch will be reprising her role as Maya in Chapter 2, which is scheduled to hit theaters in 2025.

Keep reading to find out more…In Chapter 1, after their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple, Maya and Ryan, (Petsch and Froy Gutierrez) are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive

Ryan was presumably killed in the first movie after being stabbed in the stomach by Pin-Up Girl before Scarecrow knocks his chair over, leaving him to bleed out.

Scarecrow then stabs Maya in the stomach, and when police sirens are heard, the perpetrators flee the scene.

Nyx UK presents nine horrific channel premieres in August, headed up by FrightFest classics The Last Horror Movie and Summer Scars. Both disturbing psychological horrors are directed by Julian Richards and star Kevin Howarth in two of his most memorable roles. Nyz UK also premieres Darklands, another British horror film directed by Julian Richards, which delves into the world of ancient pagan rituals and modern-day conspiracies and stars Craig Fairbrass.

Other 9pm primetime channel premieres include The Greywood Plot (2021) an inventive horror-comedy film directed by Josh Stifter (Fri 2nd August), the atmospheric, twisty Inner Demon (2014), written and directed by Australian Ursula Dabrowsky (Thurs 8th August), Hell House LLC (2015), an American found footage horror film written and directed by Stephen Cognetti (Thurs 16th August) and Pin (1988), a Canadian psychological chiller which offers a daring exploration of a very unconventional family, directed by Sandor Stern

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Bertino's 2020 hit, The Dark and the Wicked, is a must-see psychological horror film with a twisty ending exclusively on Shudder. The Dark and the Wicked, though underrated, outshines even The Strangers, offering a disturbing atmosphere and unsettling folk horror experience. Bertino's return to form with The Dark and the Wicked showcases his strength in creating a deeply effective and downright scary horror film.

Best known for writing and directing the 2008 sleeper hit The Strangers, filmmaker Bryan Bertino also made one of the best horror movies of the 2020s and hardly anyone saw it. With the release of the poorly received The Strangers: Chapter 1, the first installment of an intended relaunch of the cult classic franchise, horror fans are likely looking for a more compelling watch. Partly based on a true story from Bertino's childhood, The Strangers is a truly chilling psychological horror film that centers on a distraught couple, Kristen McKay...

This article contains major spoilers for "The Strangers: Chapter 1."

The horror genre is no stranger (pun intended) to creatures returning from the dead. After "The Bride of Frankenstein" brought back the Monster in 1935, no major cinematic horror character has lain dormant for too long, with even the unlikeliest of beasties or killers coming back for at least a second go-round or more.

The villains of 2008's "The Strangers" count as one of those unlikely killers, though not because they're difficult to sequelize. On the contrary, the very ethos of the Strangers — that being they kill "because you were home" — is incredibly open-ended and ripe for exploration and expansion in further films. Yet therein lies the rub, as they say, for a large part of what makes "The Strangers" so terrifying is that it's a home invasion movie where absolutely no rationale is given for the tragic fates suffered by the...

Actress Raquel Welch died on Wednesday following a brief illness, her rep confirmed. Welch, who rose to international fame in the 1960s, was 82.

A statement confirming her demise read: “Raquel Welch, the legendary bombshell actress of film, television and stage, passed away peacefully early this morning after a brief illness. The 82-year-old actress burst into Hollywood in her initial roles in “One Million, B.C” and “Fantastic Voyage”. Her career spanned over 50 years starring in over 30 films and 50 television series and appearances. The Golden Globe winner, in more recent years, was involved in a very successful line of wigs. Raquel leaves behind her two children, son Damon Welch and her daughter, Tahnee Welch.”

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The actress featured in several small roles before she was cast as Cora Peterson in sci-fi film “Fantastic Vaoyage” which put her on the map. However, “One Million Years B.C....

Since the earliest days of hip-hop supremacy, rappers have likened themselves to legends–whether on the mic, in the streets, or even between the sheets. Braggadocio has always been part of Puerto Rican rapper Anuel AA’s modus operandi, from his earliest underground recordings right up to today. Now he sells out sports arenas and cultivates lucrative brand partnerships, making good on those outsize boasts.

With Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren, his third solo album and first since the less-than-godlike Ozuna team-up Los Dioses, Anuel turns to another field where self-reliant boldness pays out big: sports.

KollywoodThe anthology film has nine directors coming together, including Priyadarshan, Gautham Menon and others.Tnm StaffNetflixUpcoming Tamil anthology Navarasa is all set for its Over-the-Top (Ott) release on Netflix. Navarasa will feature nine shorts, helmed by nine directors. The shorts will each focus on a specific emotion based on the Indian concept of the nine human emotions – love, courage, compassion, wonder, laughter, fear, disgust, anger and tranquility. The list of nine directors includes actor Arvind Swami (in his directorial debut), Gautam Vasudev Menon, Priyadarshan, Bejoy Nambiar, Karthik Subbaraj, Sarjun, Vasanth, Karthick Naren and Rathindran Prasad. Navarasa is created by Mani Ratnam, while it is presented by Mani Ratnam under his home banner Madras Talkies and Jayendra Panchapakesan of Qube Cinemas. Ahead of its release, several images from the movie have gone viral after they were shared by Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan in a Twitter thread. The anthology stars an ensemble cast that includes actors Suriya,...

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Dustin Ferguson, director and creator of horror flicks and owner of cult-film status Old Skool Video rental store, has announced that Mark Patton, lauded as the first “male scream queen,” is continuing his return to acting as one of the stars of Ferguson's Amityville: Evil Never Dies.

The new film is a continuation of the “Amityville” horror series created by Ferguson and Mike Johnson. In their 2016 film "The Amityville Legacy,” a cursed antique toy monkey from the original DeFeo Amityville home, creates havoc and possesses a father after being gifted during an annual family reunion.

“Amityville: Evil Never Dies,” takes place one year after the events in "The Amityville Legacy." A young couple, played by Ben Gothier and Michelle Muir-Lewis, purchases the cursed toy monkey from the owner of a local antique shop, played by Patton. Unaware of the recent murders involving the toy, they bring it into their home,...

Shock sings the praises of Sandor Stern’s 1988 thriller Pin. Paranoid schizophrenia: the most common type of schizophrenia defined as a chronic mental disorder in which a person experiences psychosis (a loss of touch with reality), delusions and hallucinations, particularly auditory (hearing voices) and perceptual disturbances. If you’ve never had the pleasure of experiencing Sandor…

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Our look at underappreciated films of the 80s continues, as we head back to 1988...

Either in terms of ticket sales or critical acclaim, 1988 was dominated by the likes of Rain Man, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Coming To America. It was the year Bruce Willis made the jump from TV to action star with Die Hard, and became a star in the process.

It was the year Leslie Nielsen made his own jump from the small to silver screen with Police Squad spin-off The Naked Gun, which sparked a hugely popular franchise of its own. Elsewhere, the eccentric Tim Burton scored one of the biggest hits of the year with Beetlejuice, the success of which would result in the birth of Batman a year later. And then there was Tom Cruise, who managed to make a drama about a student-turned-barman into a $170m hit, back when $170m was still an...

Talk about a long road to the screen. The last time we heard anything about Sandor Stern's 1988 horror flick Pin was in early 2011. Things happen, ya know, but finally there's a bit of movement to report on.

The remake of Pin is finally getting going after years of woes pertaining to the rights. Jack Reher adapted it, and Nicholas Bogner (Corrosion) is on board to produce. The search for a director has ended and will be announced shortly. From what we hear, he's a fan favorite and consistently directs horror films that audiences like.

More on that when we get it!

Synopsis

Meet Pin, a harmless mute and lifeless fantasy in little Leon's mind - a fantasy that initially took form when Leon's father imparted life lessons to him through the use of an anatomical dummy. At first a source of amusement and comfort, Pin demonically evolves into the object of Leon's mad fixation.

Stars: David Hewlett, Cynthia Preston, Terry O’Quinn, John Pyper-Ferguson | Written and Directed by Sandor Stern

When Alfred Hitchcock made Psycho he had a lot to answer for, creating a character in Norman Bates that is so easy to replicate, though hard to perfect. Pin is a film that bears similarities to Hitchcock’s masterpiece and has a character that could be said to be just as twisted as Norman.

Ursula and Leon are the children of a doctor who, to communicate issues to his children uses a medical mannequin know as Pin to teach them about health and body issues. As the children grow up Ursula understands that Pin is not real, but her father uses ventriloquism to bring the doll alive, but Leon clings on to the belief that Pin is his best friend. When their parents die in a car accident Leon moves Pin into the family...

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Our journey through the half-remembered, underappreciated films of the 1990s continues. Here, we look to 1997...

Dominated by the box office behemoth that was James Cameron's Titanic, 1997 was a year of high drama and outlandish special effects. The Lost World: Jurassic Park brought with it a new batch of genetically revived dinosaurs, George Lucas dug his original Star Wars trilogy out of the cupboard and added new (controversial) computer-generated sequences, while Nicolas Cage and John Travolta did impressions of one another and fired guns in John Woo's delirious action movie, Face/Off.

It was a varied year for movies, for sure, particularly by 21st century standards; it's difficult to imagine a British feel-good comedy about amateur male strippers (The Full Monty) getting into the year's 10 highest grossing films these days. But among all those winners, there had to be some...

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Here’s adorable 16-year-old out scientist Jack Andraka being all brainy. Maybe there is hope for the future.

Here’s a preview of this week’s Project Runway, which features guest judge Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and a total batshit freakout by my favorite designer, My Sweet Sandro.

Below you can see Thomas Roberts talk to Ben Cohen, Hudson Taylor and Cyd Zeigler about Russia and the Olympics.

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Well, you wanted me to cover Rafael Nadal more, so here he is advocating for a bone marrow transplant for a baby, but the hashtag he’s using for “Marrow For Mateo” is … well, let’s just say it’s lost in translation.

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Maybe dolls and dummies, in general, just freak me out. Dead of Night, The Great Gabbo, even the new flick The Conjuring… dolls just have some hyper-real element that raises the hair on the back of my neck to full attention, and I have a really hairy neck. But I can’t think of another movie where the dummy is actually a medical model. Meet Pin. Well that’s what the family calls him. Pin is a medical dummy with clear skin like a plastic Slim Goodbody (wow, that reference dates me). Pin is the subject of this week’s entry of The Unseen. In the later part of the 1980’s, the creep-tatsic Canadians made the Pin, A Plastic Nightmare. Starring Terry O’Quinn and David Hewlett (who both would become nerd deities because of respective roles on Lost and Stargate: Atlantis), Pin focuses on a medical dummy. Pin is not one of the “Annie,...

Good news for those of you out there familiar with Sandor Stern's 1988 horror flick Pin! It looks as if there's a remake on the way, but fret not, this has Mr. Stern sitting pretty once again in the director's chair!

According to Bloody Disgusting Stern will be returning to direct and co-write, alongside Jack Reher (writer of the forthcoming Red Machine and Edge of the Unknown), a redo of the super creepy doll movie.

Synopsis

Meet Pin, a harmless, mute and lifeless fantasy in little Leon's mind - a fantasy that initially took form when Leon's father imparted life lessons to him through the use of anatomical dummy. At first a source of amusement and comfort, Pin demonically evolves into the object of Leon's mad fixation. Soon, Leon and Pin quietly but thoroughly eliminate anyone who intrudes into their private world.

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The 1988 doll horror movie, Pin, is the latest on the remake block, but for its cult fans, don’t fret, because Bloody-Disgusting got the drop that the film’s original director, Sandor Stern, is set to come back. The film will be an adaptation of the original novel, writing back then by Andrew Neiderman of Amityville Horror and Devil’s Advocate fame.

In case you haven’t checked out this little Canadian horror film, the plot is: “A doctor has a lifelike, anatomically-correct medical dummy, with muscles and organs visible through its clear skin, named Pin (after Pinocchio). Via ventriloquism, Pin explains bodily functions in a way kids can relate to. When the over-strict doctor and his wife are killed in a car crash, his son (Leon) transfers his alter-ego into Pin, whom he always believed was alive. He starts using Pin as an excuse to over-protect his sister (Ursula...

A few months back a bunch of friends and myself discussed how a remake to Sandor Stern's 1988 horror flick Pin would be crazy awesome, so it comes as no shock that one is currently in development. Bloody Disgusting has exclusively confirmed that Stern will be returning to direct and co-write, alongside Jack Reher (writer of the forthcoming Red Machine and Edge of the Unknown), a redo of the creepy doll movie. What's different is that the duo will be scripting a movie based on Andrew Neiderman's novel of the same name. Neiderman is also known for writing the classic "The Devil's Advocate". Stern wrote the original The Amityville Horror.

 PinD: Sandor SternDavid Hewlett, Cyndy Preston, Terry O'Quinn Low-budget Quebecois producer Pierre David has really come up with some gems over the years.  Videodrome, The Brood, and Scanners were all produced under his banner.  Then again, so was The Paperboy, so David is really hit-and-miss.  Pin represents David at his finest.  It's an eerie thriller that focuses more on psychological drama than hardcore suspense to generate its thrills.Leon and Ursula Linden are average, everyday kids with wholly abnormal parents.  Their anal-retentive mother...